freerice.com

[jimmy8778]

i just got 2600 grains and am lvl 36

[GaGrown]

I work in a school and recently my teacher, looking for ways to encourage better vocabulary, stumbled on freerice.com.

When you are bored, depressed, or just have a few minutes to spare, play the game! It is a very simple vocabulary game. Every time you guess right, 20 grains of rice are donated to the UN. There is no penalty for a wrong guess. One bowl (100 grains) at a time, it adds up. CNN had an article on this site.

My Special Ed class donated 32,100 grains of rice yesterday. My teacher, the other aide, most of our students and me, were all working together- of course, the kids had to finish their work to be able to play and we all love the game! We are challenging the Emotionally Disturbed class at our school to better our score! (and I'm challenging YOU!) Everybody is winning with this one! Friendly competition between classes, staff and students bonding over a mutual interest, vocabularies are increased, egos are boosted (doing something truly important and meaningful is so rare for my kids ) and someone who needs it, is fed.

FreeRice






What! You're still sitting there? Go over to freerice.com and feed someone!

Storm,
My sister is a special Ed, Teacher.She has been teaching since she was out of college,with her Bach. degree.She then went on to get her masters and now is a Doc. in special ed. I think her kids would get a kick outta learning at this site.Thank's for the informative post.I know those kids will feed someone!

Ga Grown!:thumbsup:

[pass_the_dubbie]

Great site and rather fun to play, although it did make me hungry myself so I had to go and get food then come back to it.

[Bongoman]

I love the economics of stuff like this, each view of the site earns it enough revenue from advertising to pay for 20 grains of rice. Thats pretty hardcore. Its like the site where you got a free i-pod if you got some friends to sign up to trial stuff, all the money comes from advertising. <3 teh internets.

[Storm Crow]

I double-dog dare you to top this! 420 x 100! - Granny:hippy:

[DreadConches]

Well one night (the night before they switched it to 20 grains per question) I got over 10,000. Almost right after 10,000 grains they changed it to 20 grains per question and I played for a little more.

[BlazinKush]

This is really cool website. I dont mine helping out. Thanks for the link.

[DreadConches]

Oops I did it again.....

[Storm Crow]

Good on all of you who have been playing! :thumbsup: - Granny:hippy:

[Demeter]

What a cool site! I just jumped on and sent 7000. I topped out at level 47, and that is my personal best target to beat- any challengers?

I plan to use this site in my classes next semester, as an in-class activity, though I will have to permit dictionaries since many of the words are too hard for college kids who don't read much. But it seems like a great tool to boost vocabulary, as well as of course helping others- Thanks Storm Crow!